>> reporter: a few democrats voted against it saying the bill is not tough enough. >> if we don't get them properly into transparent marketplace we'll have this situation happen again. >> reporter: what passed last night has to merge with what the house passed in december. one of the biggest differences whether auto dealers that finance cars have to follow the new rules. congress hopes to have this ready for the president to sign by july 4th. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. and your commute could be more expensive if the d.c. council has its way. council members are pushing for a commuter tax. it would affect half a million people that work in d.c. but live elsewhere. council members are hoping an amendment will get around the rule. congress has to approve any commuter tax but likely a tough sell. today is national bike to work day. here in washington more than 8,000 cyclists are expected to

think it streets this morning. commuter connection and washington area bicycle association will be sponsoring several special events. 35 pit stops set up throughout washington, virginia and maryland. the event wraps up this morning at freedom plaza where there will be more prizes and guest speakers. what kind of a day will bikers have >> great day for bikers, motorcycles and convertibles. this morning we're off to a settled start and it's cool and comfy. 62 in washington. prince george's county upper 50s. montgomery county in the mid-50s now. article, fairfax counties also the mid-50s. and we have a little bit of light fog around the blue ridge this morning out in the mountains chilly in the upper 40s, eastern shore low 50s. over the last 12 hours storm system in the west has been spreading west. right now satellite image showing a few clouds around this morning and that rain off into

the midwest. for us today it will be quite a bit of sunshine this morning but cloudy this afternoon by late afternoon highs before that should make it into the low and mid-80s. overnight should be cloudy, near 60 by dawn tomorrow. cloudy saturday morning then saturday afternoon into saturday evening we could get passing showers. highs in the low 70s and mid-70s on sunday but occasional showers are possible. then on monday we begin to dry out. now let's check the friday morning traffic. how is it looking? >> looking fine on the outer loop of the beltway approaching the wilson bridge. no worries there. authorities were wrapping up an inner loop accident leaving oxon hill across the bridge span. the rush hour picking up, very little volume. pretty quiet both the inner loop and outer loop traveling between i-95 and rockville pike right now travel lanes completely open. the search is on this morning for whoever.

stopped april. man outside of d.c. police headquarters. it happened in the 300 block of indiana avenue. a man was stabbed in the back. no word on his condition. this morning police are trying to figure out what killed mother whose body was found just minutes after neighbors watched a man jump out of a window. officers found the woman yesterday afternoon in an apartment on 4th street in southwest washington. they think she's been dead for some time. darcy spencer reports. >> reporter: technicians from the d.c. medical examiners office wore protective gear and masks as they removed the body of a woman who had been dead for three or four days in her apartment. police looked inside dumpsters and used k-9 searches for potential murder weapons. >> we're investigating whether it's been a homicide but it's not been confirmed. that's going to take some time. we'll wait for autopsy results. >> reporter: the woman was found

in her bedroom in the 4200 block of 4th street. police initially responded to the report of trouble at the apartment after her mentally challenged son jumped from a second story bedroom. sources tell news 4 that the woman lived with her disabled son. he was being treated at local hospital. >> talking with neighbors and relatives we believe there's a woman that lived in this location that did have two sons. so all that will come out when we finish interviewing be folks. >> reporter: an autopsy will be performed. neighbors say she dropped her son off at the bus stop on monday. >> very sad. >> mother's day. >> i hope they find the person that did this. >> reporter: the woman's disabled son was still being treated at a local hospital pinpoint appears he was assaulted as well. an autopsy is zoed be performed

sometime today. in southeast, darcy spencer, "news4 today." police are hoping some new sketches will help them solve a high-profile murder case at a centerville manage. the handyman was working at the home when two intruders broke in. police now have sketches of the two suspects. the suspected gunman is in his late 20s to early 30s. he's called slim by the other suspect. anyone with information is asked to call police. families from around the country are in college park this morning for the university of maryland's graduation. extra police are also in town to make sure graduation celebrations don't get out of hand. jackie bensen has more from college park. >> reporter: the university of maryland's 2010 commencement marked the end of a school year in college park that has seen its share of controversy. much of it over celebrations

that got out of control. dozens of students were arrested for an alcohol fueled riot that broke out when the men's basketball team beat duke on march 49. some accused police of using excessive force. campus and community officials are concerned about graduation celebrations involving alcohol. >> we'll be working with the city of college park to queen sure that the bars and restaurants are maintaining their codes and standards on alcohol distribution. we would like to ask patrons of the bars they drink responsibly and evening act responsibly. >> reporter: the streets of downtown college park will be the subject of extra patrols by prince george's county police and campus police. >> we expect large crowds of pedestrians crossing route 1 which is a busy highway and so we're working with the police department with our own code enforcement officers and our own contract police officers provided a higher level of

safety. >> reporter: bars and restaurants have been asked to be extra responsible when it comes to serving alcohol. graduates said they plan to make the most of their large weekend in college park. with more ceremonies scheduled for friday night this is expected to be a very busy weekend here in college park. jackie bensen, "news4 today." >> 4:37 is your time. 69 degrees. ahead how virginia state senator's name got dragged into a drug investigation on the other side of the country. >> plus some damning testimony from the paramedic who respond to the 911 call in the robert wone case. what he told the judge about the men on trial. >> it could be a stormy weekend. a check of your weather and -sure.s for coming back out.

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this is beyond cable. this is fios. a lovely look at the nation's capital. little bit of the night sky. another nice day. we could get some changes in the forecast for the weekend. meteorologist tom kierein is with us this morning to tell us all about the details. >> good morning. off to a beautiful start. gorgeous day yesterday. overnight mostly clear. at this hour under a mostly clear sky. temperatures are comfortable on the cool side. right around 60 degrees now in washington, in prince george's county upper 50s. arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties now in the mid-50s. and it's off to a mostly clear

start. just a few clouds coming through. we'll have them from time to time this morning. this afternoon all cloudy with highs in the low to mid-80s. quite warm day but not a lot of humidity. over the weekend turning cooler, cloudy saturday and sunday, could get some passing showers beginning saturday afternoon into saturday night and occasionally through the day on sunday. so, unfortunately, looks like a wet weekend for your outdoor plans and we'll have the situation drying out first part of next week as we get going back to work and school on monday. should be partly sunny with highs in the mid-70s. we'll have a look into next week in ten minutes. how is the traffic? >> along 395 northbound we do have some flashing lights just before the 14th street bridge. i do believe it's going to be right behind the cram. we'll keep a watch for that. maybe a traffic stop. pretty quiet start through northeast by way of new york avenue and kenilworth avenue. earlier accident, pedestrian

accident suitland parkway at branch avenue. american legislate bridge, a-okay. 4:42. 68 degrees. still to come, sticker shot at the movie they are. ticket prices have hit a threshold they have never seen before. bp says it's making progress in the gulf. lawmakers are saying the company cannot be trust preponderance of the evidence. damaging testimony. what one paramedic told a judge

the conspiracy trial surrounding robert wone's murder continues morning. the judge heard from the first paramedic to arrive at the scene. no one has been charged in the killing. but three men who live in that house are accused of covering up the murder. pat collins has more. >> reporter: his name is jeff baker. he's 44 years old.

he was the first medic on the scene of the fight of robert wone's murder. when he arrived, baker said he remembers seeing defendant victor zaborski on the stoop crying. baker said i didn't feel like his crying was sincere. on the second floor of the house he said he encountered the defendant dillon ward. baker said ward walked away from him. he appeared to be disconnected said medimmediatmedic baker. in the guest room he said he saw defendant joseph rice sitting on the bed next to robert wone. baker remembers price saying i heard a scream and then price stood up. medic baker said he felt threatened. my radar went up. something wasn't right. now it was back in august 2006 that attorney robert wone was stabbed to death as he was spending the night at a friend's house. no one has been charged with the

murder. but three men who lived in the house all have been charged with trying to cover up the crime. medic baker said when he got a close look at wone's abdomen that night he saw a film of blood with stripe marks as if it had been wiped down. he described the stripe marks as something you might find on a kitchen towel. i'm pat collin, "news4 today." >> prosecutors said they believe wone was restrained or incapacitated before being stabbed. there were unexplained needle marks on the body. >> family, friends and co-workers will say good-bye to a d.c. intern. alonte sutton was a straight a student and intern for michael brown. he was found shot to death in a wooded area in southeast washington earlier this month. one person has been charged with his death. the funeral will take place at

alan chapel ame church. police believe a body found at a recycling center in prince william county has ties to newport news, virginia. the remains were discovered wednesday night in manassas. the body was in a recycling container that was picked up in newport news and then transferred facility in prince william county nope word on how the victim died or the person's identity. identity thieves used a credit card from a virginia senator to buy marijuana. police are looking for two people. senator saslaw contacted virginia police in march when his american express card was decline. they learned from police in california someoning changed saslaw's address. police believe the two suspects are now in fresno. president obama is expected to push for better fuel economy standards today.

the white house will announce plans to extend a national fuel efficiency program for cars and trucks in the 2017 model and beyond pinpoint would create standards for heavy work trucks beginning with the year 2014 model. the move would cut greenhouse gases and give drivers more miles per gallon. that oil leak in the gulf of mexico is much larger than bp officials first said. the current siphoning effort is capturing 5,000 barrels a day but oil continues to spew into top ocean. frustration is continuing to grow. kristen dahlgren reports. >> reporter: this is what you see. real-time video. vast amounts of oil still pouring into the gulf. bp claims it is now collecting 5,000 barrels a day.

the amount it once said was leak. >> bp has lost all credibility, now the decisions will have to be made by others because it's clear that they have been hiding the actual consequences. >> reporter: the obama administration is demanding bp make public all of its information on this spill. while the epa is insisting the company use a less toxic dispersant than the one i want has been shooting in to the water for weeks. while on louisiana's coast line. >> got a reddish tint. >> reporter: they don't need under water cameras to see coast. the go bp is racing to try a top kill forcing mud into the fractured well head and sealing with concrete. it could be another long shot. leaving people here forced to

wait. >> like torture to be honest with you. you don't know when it's going to end. >> reporter: and wonder how much worse it could get. here in florida there are concerns about that loop current and fears it could pull the thicker toil the keys. environmental groups continue to urge the government to take stronger action. the heed of the national wildlife federation called the gulf of mexico a crime scene. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, clearwater beach, florida. >> on capitol hill the house is considering a bill that would increase tax on oil companies. how much do you pay for movies when you go? probably too much already. would you pay $20? you might have to if you want to see the new shrek movie at an imax theater. some theaters are charge that.

theater operators just raised tickets as much as 26% back in march. those were the the steepest ticket hikes in a decade. >> hard to find a bigger shrek fan than me. >> it's outrageous. it's a family film. >> bring your own popcorn. >> you don't want to wait until you get it on video because it's a 3-d movie. >> you discuss amongst yourselves. >> the weather is free. >> you work it out. i'll work on weather. here we go. at this hour temperatures are comfortable. we're down near 60 degrees under partly cloudy skies. the view at this hour is showing the capitol and nation at this hour. washington monument there under partly cloudy 54. humidity is high. calm wind this morning. temperatures right now are in the 50s in the suburbs of prince george's, montgomery

architectural and fairfax counties. weather watchers around the blue ridge, shenandoah valley reporting temperatures at 50. around the bay upper 50s there. a pleasant spring morning on this may the 21st. right now in salisbury 53 president elkins, west virginia chilly 47. now over the last several hours we've seen clouds coming from the west ahead of this rain system, spreading rain in ohio, indiana and kentucky. that will stay to our west today and some sunshine. that will warm us up to the low to mid-80s by mid-afternoon. our sunrise is 5:41. cloudy, should be in the 70s through the evening and bottom out 60s. cloudy day on saturday. afternoon and evening showers. on sunday, cloudy, cool, low to mid-70s. possible showers from time to time. then we dry out on monday and into tuesday, wednesday and

thursday. we ought to be warming back 20i7b8s. how is the traffic? >> 395 northbound headed for the 14th street bridge a couple of moments ago i mentioned the police activity. completely gone now. wasn't much tight. travel lanes are open, moving along quite smoothly. outbound side looking good. let's see what else is happening along the 95 corridor as we begin the commute north out of dumfries. lanes are open. last check still dealing with earlier accident at the beltway. authorities trying to wrap things up. it is now 4:53. 64 degrees. coming up, santana moss linked to an investigation. >> something to think about before you fly. a troubling new report about the tsa. >> a brazilen heist gained national attention as a single man makes off with classic works of art.

good morning. welcome back. some of the world's great masterpieces may never be seen again. a thief stole five pieces. the art includes works by picasso and matiste.

there are reports the paintings were not insured. police fear the artwork will never be recovered. the man who oversees america's 16 intelligence agencies is stepping down this morning. national intelligence director dennis blair is expected to turn in his resignation to president obama today. this follows a recent congressional report on intelligence failures. that report said his office did not connect intelligence that could have prevent ad bombing attempt on a detroit plane last christmas. at least 16 people who were later linked to terror plots passed through airports undetected according to a new federal report. the report blames behavior detection officials who work for the tsa and hired to notice people acting suspiciously. earlier this month, faisal shahzad made it on to an airplane before he was caught. a man who plotted to blow up the new york subway system also traveled through newark airport in august of 2008. police need your help in tracking down a serial bank

robber in the district. the latest happened last tuesday. he robbed the tmc bank in the 1100 block of 8th street northwest and another branch in the 1900 block of 18th northwest. police are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. the redskins are taking their time to react to reports that wide receiver santana moss received treatment from canadian doctor charged with smuggling performance-enhancing drugs. it's not known if he was actually injected with growth morn. moss won't face charges but could be suspended by the nfl. mike shanahan said he won't comment on the story until he learns more. >> i'll wait and see before we throw him underneath the bus. just because he's associated with a doctor doesn't mean he's

guilty. this doctor -- i won't get into it. let's wait and see. >> other nfl players who admitted taking hgh have been suspended. metro riders pack your patience this weekend. expect some big delays because of track work. add some 30 minutes on the red, green and orange lines. and shaping up to be a busy weekend. nationals have home games today and tomorrow and sunday. d.c. 101 chili cookoff is at rfk stadium tomorrow. a traffic alert for the chain bridge. it will be shut down all weekend long. starts at 9:00 tonight. crews have been work to restore the bridge for the past year. this weekend they will remove the concrete barriers and restripe the lanes. the bridge will reopen on monday morning. stay with us because "news4

today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. exactly. nose dive, stocks around the globe fall after a rough day on wall street. plus an old idea is new again. renewed talk about a commuter tax in the district. a taxing weekend for entirely different reasons. a major beltway closure that you'll need know about. good morning and welcome back to "news4 today." >> welcome to "news4 today" for this date. a live look outside at 5:00 a.m. 64 degrees out there. another nice mild morning to begin our friday. welcome to the weekend. we're going to celebrate early, tom, especially with this nice weather. >> enjoy. we'll have another beautiful day. yesterday we got to the 70s. do it again today. reagan national is at 59. andrews air force base in prince

george's county 58. dulles right now they are at 52. montgomery county in the low to mid-50s. weather watchers reporting at near 50 in the blue ridge and parts of the shenandoah valley. clouds in and out and be with us from time to time. warm into the low 80s to mid-80s in many likes. overnight tonight cloudy. cloudy on saturday. afternoon highs low 70s. now saturday afternoon and into saturday evening i want appears we could get some passing showers. on sunday as well some passing showers possible. only a small chance of some thunder both days. highs on sunday into the mid-70s. mid-70s on monday. drying out. how is the traffic? >> earlier accident has cleared now on the beltway on the approach to the woodrow wilson bridge. should find the travel lanes open although i think i do see some flash lights. maybe the activity is over to the shoulder. elsewhere the rush hour picking up steam but doing okay.

kenilworth avenue inbound and outbound at eastern avenue no hangups to report. report of a broken down vehicle, baltimore washington parkway southbound towards capital plaza keep an eye out. inner loop on the exit ramp to go river road broken down vehicle. be cautious if you're headed over there. world markets are tumbling this morning amid fears that europe's debt crisis could spread. japan's nikkei stock index fell. today's tumble follows yesterday's day on wall street. the dow plummeted 376 points yesterday. the biggest point drop since february of last year. the s&p and nasdaq index were also down yesterday. and the wall street woes came on the same day the senate fasd historic financial overhaul bill. still a long way from becoming law. but yesterday's spags is a major victory for president obama.

tracie potts has more dpral. >> the bill as amended has passed. >> reporter: republicans and democrats said they are shutting the door on wall street gambling with your money. >> days of too big to fail are over. for them the game is over. the opera's senate's bill would police risky financial deals, shine flight on complex trades, create a new government agency to protect consumers, demand proof you can pay your mortgage and shut down failing banks without using your money. >> there will be no more taxpayer funded bailouts. >> reporter: what the bill doesn't do is stop the bailouts of mortgage giants fannie mae and freddie mac now at $146 billion and counting. >> there's no end in sight. losses continue to mount and the taxpayer exposure unlimited. >> reporter: a few democrats voted against it saying the bill is not tough enough. >> if we don't get them properly into transparent marketplace

that we need them we'll have this situation happen again. >> reporter: what passed last night has to merge with what the house passed in december. one of the biggest differences whether auto dealers that finance cars have to follow the new rules. congress hopes to have this ready for the president to sign by july 4th. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. negotiators say they expect few road bumps to reconcile the bills. if you work in thing district but live somewhere else. district council members want you to partnership. they are looking into a commuter tax. right now the home rule charter forbids such tax. council members are hoping an amendment will get around that. they will need approval from congress which cowell be a tough sell. get ready for big backups on the beltway. crews predict if people do not avoid the area we could see 10 to 15 mile backups. workers will reducing the inner

loop down to one lane west of telegraph road. tracee wilkins joins us live with more on how to get around the mess. sounds like a big problem. >> reporter: they are saying 10 to 15 mile backups even if 40% of the folks who normally take this roadway avoid it this weekend. so it sounds like it will be a bit of a mess. preparations are already under way behind me for what they are planning to do. they will close the inner loop of the beltway down to a sing lane. drivers who have experienced the potholes on that 300-foot span over cameron run understand there needs to be major overhaul. now they are suggesting that drivers take the capital beltway to the american lidge bridge. if do you have to head this way they have some detours. if you take telegraph south to the inner loop they are saying you should take southbound

telegraph road, mill road right on eisenhower avenue to left on the eisenhower avenue connector to the on-ramp to the inner loop. telegraph road traffic north on-ramp to the inner loop you need to take northbound telegraph road, take pershing avenue to right on is to value street to right on eisenhower to the on-ramp. this work is supposed start friday night. all wrapped up by 5:00 a.m. monday morning. tracee wilkins live this morning. back to you. thank you. >> this morning police are trying to figure out what killed woman whose body was found inside her d.c. apartment. this happened yesterday afternoon on 4th street in southeast. authorities are awaiting for an autopsy result to determine how and when the woman died. they believe her body had been there for three or four days. sources say police were called to at that point after the woman's mentally challenged son was seen jumping from a second story window.

he is still missing and police are look forge him. the woman also wlifd a disabled son who appeared to have been assaulted. he too was found inside that want president. this morning police are hoping new sketches will help solve a murder case at a centreville mansion. jose rosales was working as a handyman on monday. he was shot and killed. police now have skechts two suspects. police say one of the men the suspected gunman is in his late 20s to mid-30s and say he's called slim by the younger suspect. anyone with information is asked to call police. thousands of university of maryland students are graduating today and police wants to make sure everyone celebrates safely. extra officers are patrolling the streets of college park. bars and restaurants have been asked to be extra responsible when it comes to serving alcohol. police say their efforts come down to one thing and is that safety.

>> we're going to working with the city of college park to ensure that the bars and restaurants are maintaining all of their codes and standards on alcohol distribution. we would like to ask patrons of the pars they drink responsibly and act responsibly if they and make the decision to get behind the wheel. >> the commencement wide ceremonies took place last night. no incidents. bp getting closer to another shot at plugging that leak. oil is now on the fast track to florida. an update is ahead. a backyard standoff you have to see to believe. a dog square off against a black bear. next a look at the weekend forecast and traffic

. it is time for weather and traffic on the 1s. good morning i'm meteorologist tom kierein. look at that lavender and orange dawn over the nation's capitol, high clouds drifting over and our sunrise is still about half an hour to 40 minutes away. we're already seeing that pre-dawn glow right now at reagan national 59 in thor 50s in prince george's county. a bit cooler in arlington, fairfax and montgomery counties down in the throw mid-50s. upper 40s in central virginia and shenandoah valley.

and for the rest of the day another summer like day. we'll have afternoon highs in the low to mid-80s by mid-afternoon with increase clouds. we'll have a mostly cloudy late afternoon and overnight tonight should be cloudy. tomorrow cloudy, showers in the afternoon and cooler in the low 70s. could get showers saturday night and off and on on sunday as well. monday ought to dry out. we'll look at next week in ten minutes. how is the traffic >> relatively quiet friday morning. headed on up from the beltway to edsall road to downtown lanes open. southbound side moving along quite nicely. inbound new york avenue coming off the anacostia and bladensburg road to the intersection of north capital street doing just fine. ahead on "news4 today", a virginia state senator's name is dragged into a drug investigation. a daring dog gets protective when a black bear wonders on the

its turf. the presidential first that would change the cars we drive forever. after the break for many people two wheels are the preferred mode of transportation today. what you

time for a check of this morning's top stories. fear over europe's debt crisis

continues to scare investors. asia's major stock indexes closed down and most stocks are falling. this comes a day after the dow plummeted more than 3%. largest one day decline since february of last year. the white house is celebrity accelerating the passage of another major piece of legislation. the senate passed a bill that would overhaul the financial system. the senate bill must be reconciled with a house version of the safe bill. d.c. council members are trying to implement a commuter tax that would affect people that work in the district but live elsewhere. congress would still have to approve the measure. a mother's body was discovered inside her d.c. apartment and authorities think the body had been there fleer or four days. her body was found yesterday on 4th street in southeast washington. the woman's mentally challenged son was seen jumping from a window shortly before police

arrived. he's still missing and police are looking for him. autopsy results will determine exactly how she died. family, friend and co-workers will say a final good-bye to a d.c. intern shot and killed. alonte sutton was a straight a student and an intern for councilman michael brown. he was found shot to death in southeast earlier this month. one person has been charged in his death. the funeral will happen at allen chapel ame church. the viewing begins at 10:00 followed by service at 11:00 this morning. police need your help in tracking down a serial bank robber in the district. the latest happened last tuesday when he allegedly robbed the pmc bank in the 1100 block of 8th street northwest and another branch in the 1900 block of massachusetts avenue northwest. investigators say he's responsible for a robbery spree that began in november. police are offering a $5,000

reward for information leading to an arrest. an identity thieves used a credit card from a virginia state senator to buy marijuana. police are looking for two people. senator saslaw contacted virginia state police in march when his american express card was deaf clind. investigators learned from police out in california swung changed saslaw's him dress in springfield, virginia to an apartment in sacramento, california. police believe the two suspects are now in fresno. this morning a pilot is recovering after his plane skid off the runway in prince george's county. he was piloting an ultralight aircraft in brandywine. authorities said he was landing the plane on his private runway when it skidded off. the pilot was trapped. his injuries are described as moderate but not life threatening. president obama is expected to push for better fuel economy standards today. the white house will announce plans to extend a national fuel efficiency program for cars and

trucks in the 2017 model and beyond. it would also create standards for heavy work trucks beginning with the 2014 model year. the move would cut greenhouse gases and give drivers more miles per gallon. the plan also includes more electric peernd other next generation cars, trucks and suvs. we're getting a better understanding of how much oil is actually gushing out into the gulf of mexico. bp released more real-time video showing the oil leak. the company says it's capturing about 5,000 barrels of oil a day. now that's the same amount bp first said was actually gushing out. the company is siphoning the oil from the well at the bottom of the ocean but a whole lot more continues to gush into the open ocean. >> lost all credibility. now the decisions will have to be made by others because it's clear that they have been hiding the actual consequence. >> the obama administration is demanding bp make public all of

its information on the spill while the epa insists they use a less toxic chemical to disperse the oil. this morning we have video you just have to see. >> this is a dog facing off with a black bear. it happened in a family's yard in wisconsin. the dog saw the bear, ran outside and started barking. believe it or not the bear was scared of the dog. so it took off. good dog. >> pretty amazing. gutsy little dog. you may want to pay extra attention to the roads today because it's bike to work day and 8,000 cyclists are expected to take part. megan mcgrath joins us now from bethesda. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, joe. this is just one of several pit stops that's going to be set up across region. they are in maryland and virginia and district of columbia. the hope here is that thousand of people will leave their cars at home today and bike to work. they are hoping more than 8,000

people will participate in today's event. they have organizers say they have about 35 caravans of people bike to work. many of them will end up at freedom plaza in the district later on this morning for a rally there. again, great source of exercise, great way to get to work. the hope is that this event will raise awareness and encourage bhoem have some interest but haven't quite done it yet to actually get on the band wagon, leave that car at home and cycle to work. now there are a number of trails all around our region, we're very lucky in that that there are some trails available to cyclists. in the district of columbia they have a number of bike lanes they will open up. those new bike lanes they are opening up around pennsylvania avenue and the like they are not officially opened, there's some tweaking that needs to be done with some of those larngs some signage and other things that need to be tweaked before they can open those lanes.

many folks are using some of the other lanes in the district and actually some people are using the lanes on pennsylvania avenue even though they are not officially opened. a lot of activity today. a lot of things have been planned. so you stop at the pit stops they will have refreshments and other things. other cyclists who are experienced at this sort of thing that can give you advice. can you see that they are starting to set up here at our location at bethesda avenue and woodmount. one of many pit stops for today's event. >> i wonder if they fix a flat. we're having a great day for ride urge bike today weather wise. >> beautiful morning under way. temperatures around the region aring right around 60 degrees in the district of columbia. right around in bethesda is in the mid-and upper 50s. in montgomery county. in arlington, fairfax and prince george's counties, we're in the mid and upper 50s.

blue ridge and shenandoah valley cooler there in the upper 40s. around the bay, southern maryland, eastern shore in the mid and upper 50s. as the day progresses it will feel like summer time, afternoon highs low to mid-80s. cloudy tonight and cloudy on saturday highs low 70s. passing showers saturday afternoon and evening. small chance thunder. more of the same on sunday. then monday we dry out, highs in the 70s looking into next week and looks like it will be settled and feeling like summer time. how is the traffic? >> live look to oxon hill. 210 to the wilson bridge doing just fine. inbound on the bw parkway had a broken down vehicle. authorities trying get out of there. route 50 from bowie on in doing fine. our time 5:22. coming up a new report about airline security that you should know about buff get on another airplane. >> plus the data point of homeland security responds to a

little girl's immigration slip up. >> and next another run in between the

they called it quote an unbelievable coincidence and you might well agree. the salahis, the party crashers

were down at the white house this week on night of the most recent state dinner and yes they were stopped by the secret service. on wednesday night sthoerpd after going through a red light in their limo. the salahis say they were not head to the white house, instead they say they were meeting friends for dinner at a k street restaurant and they called traffic stop a quote, unbelievable coincidence. the department of homeland security will not go after the family of a little girl who asked first lady michelle obama a tough question about immigration. the second grader asked the question on wednesday when the first lady visited her school in silver spring. the girl asked mrs. obama about her mother's papers. immigration officials say their priority is to go after known dplams. they say they do not plan to contact that girl's family. our time is 5:26. 66 degrees pap historic financial reform is closer to becoming a reality. what does it mean for you. >> police investigating after a mother is found murdered in her

d.c. home. and a crime where you would not expect one right outside of police headquarters. we'll tell you what happened. why police say some historic arts of work may be lost forever after a bold heist.

congress close to passing historic financial reform the heels of a meltdown on wall

street. beltway backup. a perfect storm of road projects could change your plans for this weekend. a disturbing crime pap d.c. mother found dead her body had been there for some time. good morning, everyone, i'm eun yang. good morning, i'm joe krebs. it's friday, may 21, 2010. let's take a live look outside. beautiful dawn here in the nation's capital. great way to begin a friday. 67 degrees. let's see what kind of a day we'll have. >> almost looks like a rainbow in the sky. >> streak of golden pink. wonderful view there. as we take a look, off to a pleasant start. no fog to deal with. no rain. few clouds come through. 59 at reagan national and district of columbia upper 50s. prince george's county upper 50s. upper 50s in montgomery architectural and fairfax counties. shenandoah valley reporting in the upper 40s in a few locations. southern maryland around the

bay, earstern shore in the 50s. cloudy on saturday. highs low 70s. we may get passing shower saturday afternoon into saturday evening. could get passing showers on sunday too, highs low to mid-70s and small chance of thunder again on sunday. drying out monday how is the traffic now? >> very quiet as friday morning gets under way, beltway south of town, outer loop and inner loop by van dorn street moving along pretty well. clear dry road surfaces. south of town no worries getting to and across the woodrow wilson bridge. along i-270 at 118 doing well. rockville, traffic is moving along nicely as you approach route 28. elsewhere out on trails doing fine so far this morning. metro rail, vre and marc no

early delays. back to you. you may want to sit down before looking at your 401(k) or stock portfolio this morning, the dow tumbled 376 points yesterday amid fears that you were's debt crisis could spread. that was the biggest point drop since february of last year. overnight asmarngts fell to a five month low and european markets are currently trading down as well, the wall street drop comes as the snapt passed the most far reaching fanl overhaul since the great depression. lawmakers voted through legislation that's aimed at presenting another financial meltdown. but it still has another hurdle to clear. >> reporter: a lot of work ahead. the senate legislation must be merged with the house version that passed back in december and one of the biggest differences between two whether car dealers who finance vehicles have to follow the new rules. mow the bill imposes zrints on

banks and would monitor risky financial deals. it's supposed to put a spotlight on the way wall street does business. i want also crates a new consumer protection agency and demands proof that you can pay your mortgage. but critics say it doesn't stop the bailouts of mortgage giants fannie mae and freddie mac. >> there's no end in sight. losses continue to mount and the taxpayer exposure is unlimited. >> if we don't get them properly into transparent marketplace we'll have the situation again. >> no more taxpayer funded bailouts. period. if large financial institutions should ever fail, we will have the tools to wind it down without endangering the broader economy and new trouls prevent financial institutions from beginning too big to fail in the first place so we don't have

another aig. >> congress hopes to pass a version for the president to sign by july 4th. we'll have to watch and wait and see what happens. back to you. elaine reyes. thank you. today an autopsy could determine what killed a woman whose body was found inside her d.c. apartment. this happened yesterday afternoon on 4th street in southeast washington. police believe the woman's body had been there for three or four days. m a mother and child are missing in prince william county. police believe they may be in danger. they were last seen yesterday morning walking near her home in woodbridge. she was push herring 2-year-old son in a stroller. the mother needs medicine for an illness so police believe that she and her son maybe in jeopardy. if anyone sees her call prince william county police. the search continues this morning for the person who

stabbed a man outside of d.c. police headquarters. this happened late last night in the 300 block of indiana avenue northwest. a man was stabbed in the back. he was taken to a local hospital nope word on his condition. >> the redskins are taking their time to a report that santana moss received treatment from canadian doctor charged with smuggling. other players who have admitted to taking hgh have been suspended. national intelligence director dennis blair is handing in his resignation this morning. blair a retired navy admiral led the nation's 16 intelligence agencies in the past 16 months. a recent congressional report found that blair's office did not connect intelligence that could have prevent ad bombing attempt on a detroit-bound plane on christmas day. according to another federal report 16 people later linked to

terror plots passed through u.s. airports undetected. they blame behavior detection officials. they are hired to spot people who are acting suspiciously because of their behavior. earlier this month, faisal shahzad the man who tried to bomb times square made it on to an airplane before he was caught. some of the art world's greater masterpieces may never be seen again. police are trying to find a thief who made off with five paintings. its alarm system had been broken for more than a month. the work includes works by picasso and matisse. even worse there were reports the paintings weren't even insured. police fear the artwork will never be recovered. 5:36. 64 degrees. ahead damaging testimony in the robert wone case.

>> what the first paramedic on the scene told judge about the men on trial. the push to get people to grab their bicycles. when to

time for weather and traffic on the 1s. . live view from our city camera. potomac river. look that view from our sky watcher camera.

higher up, getting much more color in the sky there. a beautiful sunrise under way. the eastern sky is on fire. just gorgeous. sunrise in ten minutes. right now 59 at reagan national. upper 50s in prince george's county. arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties throw mid-50s now with partly cloudy skies. chilly in the blue ridge and shenandoah valley. elsewhere in the 50s. highs climbing in to the low to mid-80s today with clouds in and out. mostly cloudy late this afternoon, cloudy tonight. tomorrow cloudy. afternoon chance of a passing shower. a small chance of some thunder. highs low 70s. ought to make it low 70s on sunday. passing showers in the morning opinion passing shower or thunder shower in the afternoon. then as we get into monday, looks like things will dry out. morning loss near 60. back to work and school under mostly cloudy. a look at next week coming up at

5:51. authorities are checking the inner loop of the beltway as you approach braddock road. the initial reports of an accident near the robinsoni freight terminal. dulles airport, very quiet commute so far. airport lanes, the dulles toll road, route 28, everything moving along very nicely. and dry pavement. 5:41. 65 degrees partnership head metro calling them length jip delays. some trouble on the tracks. >> plus why kevin costner may have a solution to the massive oil spill in the gulf. it may jeopardize public safety. one county is talking about furloughs. >> officials say avoid the inner loop of the beltway in alexandria this weekend unless you want to sit for really long time. we'll .

ten to 15 mile backups on the beltway. that could be in store for drivers this weekend. workers will be reducing the inner loop down to one lane west of telegraph road. tracee wilkins joins us live with more on how to get around the mess. >> reporter: if you're heading south from the woodrow wilson bridge you'll have some issue this weekend. they are saying drivers could be stuck in this backup for up to an hour and a half trying to make their way up the road there. the cameron bridge is the focus on what folks will be work on. preparations are already under way. to close the inner loop of the beltway to a single lane. drivers who have spempbsed the potholes on the 300-foot span

over cameron road understand there needs to be a major overhaul. they will tear out the old concrete and replates. patches have not worked. they are suggesting folks take the cathrine kraayeveld to t the capital beltway to the american legion bridge. you should detour from southbound telegraph road take mill road to right on eisenhower avenue to a left on the eisenhower avenue connector to the on-ramp to inner loop. now fire planning to take telegraph road north on-ramp detour from northbound telegraph road, take pershing avenue toing right on stovall street to right on eisenhower avenue to left on eisenhower avenue connector to the on-ramp to the inner loop. the good news is that this is just supposed to happen for this weekend and they are saying that by monday, 5:00 a.m. all of this

should be cleared up. but it will start tonight so be prepared. tracee wilkins live this morning in alexandria. back to you. thank you. thousands of montgomery county employees will be forced to take unpaid time off. police and firefighters who are among those who will be furloughed now. workers will have to take between three and eight days of unpaid time off. the county council say the furloughs will save $14 million a year. >> cut service. more risk to the citizens not having firefighters and police on duty. >> everything is a challenge. but as with anything we'll manage it. i can say that it will not affect our staffing levels as it relates to keeping firefighters on ems and fire and rescue unit pps >> these furloughs take effect on the 1st of july. montgomery teachers are not affected. more than 200 jobs in the fairfax county school system will be cut under a newly approved budget. the school board approved a $2.2

billion budget for next year. that's $35 million less than last year's. to make up for that the school system will cut 200 position and start charge fee for sports and advanced placement tests. because of state aid they will not cut full day kindergarten, elementary band class. and language classes. the robert wone trial continues. jeff baker, the paramedic said his radar went up when he got the dupont row house pep said three men who lived there seem disconnected and quote something wasn't right pep says wone's stab wound had a red mark that looked like it had been wiped with a torch wel. no one has been charged with the killing but three men that lived in that home are all accused of

misleading police in the case. police believe a body found at a recycling center in prince william county has ties to newport news, virginia. the remains were discovered wednesday night. authorities say the body was in a recycling container that was picked up in newport news and transferred the facility in prince william county. no word yet on how the victim died or the person's identity. metro riders better pack your patience this weekend. expect some big delays because of track work. add 30 minutes to your trip on the red, orange and green lines. it's shaping up to be a busy weekend out there on metro. the nationals have home games today, tomorrow and sunday and the d.c. 101 chili cookoff is at rfk stadium tomorrow. you can avoid any delays on the rails or roads by choosing to commute by bike today. >> this is national bike to work day and some 8,000 cyclists expected to think it roads in our area. megan mcgrath joins us from

bethesda. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. they are hoping that thousands of people more than 8,000 people will participate in today's bike to work day. there are a number of pit stops all around the region, about 30 or so including this one. you can see they are already starting to set up, got some tents going on, there will be a d.j., free food. lots of amen jipities. it gets people off the roads. leave your car at home. that's the idea here today. they are hoping to m expiration some new people to actually give it a try. i'm joined by danielle milo. talk a little bit about it. folks come to this pit stop what can they expect >> we begin at 6 kplo 7b in the morning. we had 500 registrants pre-register. yesterday we had 100 people register on site. they can enjoy breakfast. there's entertainment. they can win a ton of prizes.

we want to thank griffin cycle who is one of our cycles who gives a bike away. >> you don't have to pre-register you can roll up this morning? >> absolutely. more than welcome to roll up. we welcome everybody and we're excited to see how many new cyclists we have coming out. >> the importance of cycling and the idea of getting people off the road. >> bethesda is one of the highest cycling areas because it's becoming more and more urban. cycling is such a great way to get around non-proliferation creased number of bike lanes that are available. increased number of bike lockers and different amenities. >> thanks for joining us this morning. so everything will get under way in about 45 minutes sore at this particular pit stop but there are different times with different pit stops around the region. they are in maryland, virginia, d.c. big ralin d.c. on freedom plaza later on this morning. speak of d.c. in terms of those

dedicated bike lanes they are tweaking those lanes. other lanes are open pap lot of interest among cyclists with those lanes in the downtown area and a lot of interest in the event. they have been seeing registration go up continuously over the last several years. an increased interest certainly this year. back to you. >> great way to get around. thanks very much. >> so many benefits of riding your bike to work. saves on garks good fs. great morning for the bike ride. good morning. at this hour off to a beautiful start on this friday morning. the sun is up now, live view from our sky watcher camera. just a few minutes ago that eastern sky was painted gold and orange. fading a little bit as the sun is above the horizon. 59 at national airport. we have light southwesterly breeze and we're off to a summer-like day in may. right now, those it's

comfortably cool. temperatures are in the low 50s in western fairfax county, loudoun and fauquier and prince william. closer to washington near arlington in the mid-50s. much of montgomery county in the 50s. prince george's county now in the upper 50s. weather watchers check in around the bay, southern maryland, northern neck, pleert of the eastern shore in the 50s. mountains of west virginia report they are in the 40s. view from space showing a future of these high clouds coming in. advance of some rain in the midwest. that will stay there today. it appears some of that will be arriving for the weekend. last week i visited stone gate elementary school in silver spring in montgomery county. it was career day at stone gate and talked to these happy students about careers in science and meteorology and i want to thank jacqueline for inviting me. stone gate elementary. at the bus stop watch for the children this morning. cool. temperatures in the 50s to near

60s. rapid water main. mid to low 80s by this afternoon. cloudy over the weekend. showers saturday afternoon into evening and slight chance of thunder both days. drying out on monday. each day looking dry and warming back up. how is the traffic? >> heading over to springfield. two problems reported one was a broken down truck inner loop approaching 95. after the springfield interchange on the inner loop as you travel on up towards braddock road report of an accident. might be sluggish if you're headed in that direction. not bad. dulles toll road out of reson the towards wolf trap travel lanes are open. out on the rashlgs doing fine. metro rail, vre and marc all reporting no delays on this friday morning. we have an important traffic alert for anyone who uses the chain bridge, the entire bridge will be shut down all weekend long starting at 9:00 tonight. crews have been working to

restore the bridge for fast year. this weekend they will remove the concrete barriers, repaint the bridgedeck and restripe tolerance. the bridge will reopen monday morning. the oil leak in the gulf coast is much larger than bp officials first said. the current siphoning effort is capturing 5,000 barrels a day. oil continues to spew in the open ocean. federation and concern is growing with each new report of oil reaching the shore line of the coast line of louisiana. kristen dahlgren reports. >> reporter: this is what you see. real-time video. vast amounts of oil still pouring into the gulf. bp claims it is now collecting 5,000 barrels a day. the amount it once said was leaking. >> bp has lost all credibility, now the decisions will have to be made by others because it's clear that they have been hiding the actual consequences. >> reporter: the obama

administration is demanding bp make public all of its information on this spill. while the epa is insisting the company use a less toxic dispersant than the one it has been shooting in to the water for weeks. while on louisiana's coast line. >> got a reddish tint. >> reporter: they don't need under water cameras to see oil. the gooey mess coats the marshes continues its advance. bp is racing to try a top kill by sunday forcing mud into the fractured well head and sealing it with concrete. it could be another long shot. leaving people here forced to wait. >> like torture to be honest with you. you don't know when it's going to end. >> reporter: and wonder how much worse it could get. here in florida there are concerns about that loop current

and fears it could pull the thicker oil to the keys. environmental groups continue to urge the government to take stronger action. the head of the national wildlife federation called the gulf of mexico a crime scene. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, clearwater beach, florida. on capitol hill the house is considering a bill that would increase taxes on oil companies by $10.9 billion to finance the oil spill liability trust fund. help for the gulf may be coming from hollywood. bp said it will test out kevin costner's clean up system. costner demonstrated a machine in new orleans last week that he says extracts oil from water. he worked with his brother who is a scientist. tul and water enter the machine together and jet with fuel on one side and diesel. it will clean the water up to 97%. he's invested 15 years and $24 million to the project.

no word when bp will put that machine to the test. how much would you pay when you go to the movies? would you be willing to pay $20? that's just to get in. you might have to if you want to see the new shrek movie at an imax movie. several theaters are charging $20 for scheck ever after. first time a ticket for a major film hits the $20 morning. they raised tickets as much as 26% back in march. those were the steepest ticket hikes in a decade. that's a lot. >> it is. should get popcorn and drink with that cost. the change in d.c.'s free condom program following at that large number of complaints. the silver spring second grader who asked michelle obama about immigration has another question for the first lady. >> plus weather and traffic together on the 1s. we'll be right back. stay with us for "news4 today."

free fall. the dow sees its biggest slide in more than a year. change is coming to wall street in the form of new regulations from capitol hill. beltway blues. repairs this weekend dhoot have you sitting in traffic for miles. good morning. thank you for joining us for "news4 today." i'm eun yang. >> i'm joe krebs. today is friday, may 21, 2010. our good friend right there is the sun on this friday morning. what a great beginning to the weekend. let the weekend begin. >> we have a great weekend. meteorologist tom kierein has our forecast for us. good morning. great morning under way. there's the live view from our sky watcher camera which is mounted on our tower higher up

here about 275 feet above the terrain showing the eastern horizon. temperatures right now under that partly cloudy in the 50s. 58 at reagan national. out in the mountains chilly air. weather watchers reporting in the 40s. western maryland, parts of the shenandoah valley this morning, eastern shore now near 50 degrees. the view from space showing cloud cover. that's just some streaks of high cloudiness over the region at this time. we'll have thickening clouds as the day progresses but warm into the low to mid-80s. cloudy tonight. mid-70s through evening. near 60 tomorrow morning. saturday looks like a cloudy day. highs low 70s. few passing showers saturday afternoon and evening. small chance thunder. on sunday looking rather wet. maybe passing shower. perhaps some thunder. highs mid-70s. drying out first part of next week. how is the traffic? >> friday morning and still moving along pretty well. no big deals. spin the traffic wheel over the capital beltway around university boulevard doing fine.

from this perspective the right side of the inner loop, left side of the outer loop. closer to connecticut avenue won't be long before we start seeing some inner loop sunshine delays. keep you updated. south of town doing okay at the wilson bridge. virginia along 395 northbound as you pass the pentagon headed to and across the 14th street bridge. moving along very nicely. out on trails all is well. metro rail, vre and marc all reporting no early delays. thank you. big global money worries this morning. foreign markets are taking a tumble today. asia's indices closed down already amid fears that europe's debt cries krooip cisco spread to other countries. things aren't much better in europe. stocks in fwran, france and germany are trading down. this dimes after markets here plummeted. the dow fell more than 376 points yesterday. that was its biggest one day drop since february of last year. the s&p was also down 43 points

and the nasdaq. dropped 94 points. for the week the key indisare off 5% to 6%. capitol hill are setting its sights on wall street. they will overhaul the nation's financial regulation. tracie potts is live on capitol hill right now with more on what this bill hopes to accomplish. >> reporter: good morning. what it does is shine a light on how wall street does business. crypts say what it does not do is deal what caused this recession in the first place. >> the bill as amended has passed. >> reporter: republicans and democrats said they are shutting the door on wall street gambling with your money. >> the days of too big to fail are over. for them the game is over. >> reporter: the senate's bill would police risky financial deals, shine light on complex trades, create a new government agency to protect consumers, demand proof you can pay your mortgage and shut down failing banks without using your money.

>> there will be no more taxpayer funded bailouts. >> reporter: what the bill doesn't do is stop the bailouts of mortgage giants fannie mae and freddie mac now at $146 billion and counting. >> there's no end in sight. losses continue to mount and the taxpayer exposure unlimited. >> reporter: a few democrats voted against it saying the bill is not tough enough. >> if we don't get them properly into transparent marketplace we'll have this situation happen again. >> reporter: what passed last night has to merge with what the house passed in december. one of the biggest differences whether auto dealers that finance cars have to follow the new rules. congress hopes to have this ready for the president to sign by july 4th. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. today the man who oversees america's 16 intelligence agencies is handing in his

resignation. national intelligence director dennis blair is stepping down amid pressure from the white house. during his 16 months in his position, blair has dealt with security lapses and spats with the cia. a recent congressional report found his office did not connect intelligence that could have prevent ad bombing attack on a detroit-bound plane on christmas day. this morning pliolice are trying to find out what killed a woman whose body was found inside her d.c. apartment. officials are awaiting on autopsy results to determine how and when the woman did die but they do believe her body was in the apartment for three or four days. sources say police were called to the apartment after the woman's mentally challenged son was seen jumping from a second story window. the search is on this morning for the person who stabbed a man right in front of d.c. police headquarters. this happened late last night in the 300 block of indiana avenue northwest. a man was stabbed in the back.

he was taken to a local hospital. no word yet on his condition. today family, friends and co-workers will say a final farewell to a d.c. intern shot and killed. alonte sutton was a straight amp student and an intern for council member michael brown. he was found shot to death in a wooded area near newcomb street in southeast earlier this month. one person has been charged in his death. the funeral will take place at alan chapel ame church. the viewing begins at 10:00 followed by service at 11:00 this morning. this morning a pilot is recovering after his aircraft skid off a private grass runway in prince george's county. he was landing that aircraft from brandywine yesterday evening when it ran off the grass. the pilot was trapped for a while. his injuries are described as moderate but not life threatening. you're commute could be more expensive if the d.c. council has its way.

they are pushing for a commuter tax. d.c.'s home rule charter forbids a commuter tax but they hope an amendment will help them get around that. congress has to approve it but it will be a tough sell. a major traffic alert for this weekend. why you could get stuck in a ten to 15 mile backup. big change in d.c.'s prophylactic program. why some complain the free condoms are not good enough. your weather and traffic together on the 1s next.

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our time right now is 6:09. 65 degrees. beautiful day. look at that hazy sky as we await the arrival of the sun. i guess the sun is up now. >> it is. >> some clouds above us. >> good morning. at this hour sun has been up for about 15, 20 minutes and we have a few streaks of high cloudiness passing gracefully over nation's capitol. that's the live view from the sky watcher camera. off to a pleasant start on this friday morning. 58 in washington. right now prince george's county

mid-50s. also dipped in the mid-50s in arlington and montgomery county. a bit cooler further to the west and in through central virginia. weather watchers from fauquier county, prince william county, rappahannock reporting upper 40s. upper 40s few location in the shenandoah valley and out in the mountains. southern maryland around the bay and northern neck weather watchers report the 50s. low 80s by mid-afternoon. cloudy tonight. tomorrow near 60 in the morning. saturday morning will be dry but from saturday afternoon all the way into saturday evening a chance of a passing shower. little bit of thunder. on sunday, cloudy and cool. chance of passing showers and maybe some thunder. and now jerry, how is the traffic? >> overall we're doing okay. sunshine will be factor. this is the beltway above the american legion bridge. the inner loop is going to be certainly feeling the sun if not already very shortly. let's head over along 270 we're

okay. beltway troin outer loop right side of your screen headed to rockville pike. smooth sailing to the american legion bridge. elsewhere this morning, check things out. wilson bridge no worries. accident up in midlothian. serious crash reported. another one in virginia. 7100 at burke center parkway. police and fire rescue crews are on their way. fairfax county parkway temporarily blocked off at that point. metro gets ready for a lengthy delay this weekend. expect some big delays on the roads this weekend. the emergency repairs which could create some backups, more than ten miles long. plus the silver spring second grader who asked michelle obama about immigration has another question for the first lady.

we're getting a better understanding of how much oil is actually gushing out of the gulf coast. bp released more real-time video. the company says it's capturing about 5,000 barrels of oil a day. the same amount bp first said was gushing out.

the company is siphoning the oil from the well at the bottom of the ocean but more continues to leak into the open ocean. >> lost all credibility. now the decisions will have to be made by others because it's clear that they have been hiding the actual consequence. >> the obama administration is demanding bp make public all of its information on the spill while the epa insists they use a less toxic chemical to disperse the oil. major traffic alert this morning. get ready for 90-minute delays as the beltway is reduced to a single lane. it will be the situation for the entire weekend on the inner loop west of telegraph road. news 4 tracee wilkins joins us live with some detours you need to know about. >> reporter: officials say you'll be spending that 90 minutes in a ten to 15 mile backup that's if 40% of expected traffic decides to go ahead and avoid the inner loop of the beltway this weekend. site will be a mess in

alexandria. that's where the work will be happening. cameron bridge. preparations are under way to close the inner loop of the beltway down to a single lane. drivers who have experienced the potholesn that 300-foot span over cameron run may understand why there needs to be a major overhaul. that's what will happen this weekend. they will completely tear out the old concrete of the cameron run bridge and replace it completely since skbrauchts h l not done the trick. if you usually take the on-ramps on telegraph road to the inner loop you're asked to use the eisenhower connector instead. all of this work will start on friday. they are saying everything should be wrapped up by 5:00 a.m. on monday. i'm tracee wilkins, live in alexandria. joe, back to you. thank you very much. we also have heads up for anyone who uses the chain bridge. that entire bridge will be shut

down all weekend long beginning at 9:00 tonight. crews have been working to restore the bridge for the past year now. this weekend they will finally remove the concrete barriers. repave the bridgedeck and restripe the lanes. once the bridge reopens monday morning all three lanes will be opened again. you will have a brand new bridge. a warning fror metro riders. add 30 minutes to your trip on the red, orange and green lines because of track work. this will be a busy weekend. naturals have home games today, tomorrow and sunday. d.c. 101 chili cookoff is at rfk stadium. next month marks one year since crash killed nine people on metro's red line. we'll learn when the ntsb could wrap up their investigation. a final report will be differed on july 27th. they are looking into several

incidents. the ntsb is also stew dig accident that killed two workers near the rockville metro station in january. the board looking into a derailment that caused massive backups in february. d.c. is making changes so its free condom program after complaints "the washington post" reports the district will add trojan condoms in clueding the company's magazine number brand. district be officials say they are willing to spend the extra few thousand dollars on safer sex practice. they will allow teachers and counselors to hand the condoms out instead of only school nurses. the redskins are taking their time to react to reports that wide receiver santana moss received treatment from a

canadian doctor charged with smuggling and using performance-enhancing drugs. it's not known if he was actually injected with human growth morn. moss will not likely face charge but he could be suspended by nfl. mike shanahan said he's not going to comment much on the story until he learns more. >> we'll wait and see before we throw him underneath the bus. this doctor, you know, you go through -- i won't get into it. let's wait and see. >> other nfl players who had admitted to taking hgh have been suspended for four games. you want to pay extra attention out on the roads this morning because it is national bike to work day, and about 8,000 people in the washington area are expected to take part. news 4 megan mcgrath joins us from downtown bethesda where there is a pit stop set up for cyclists early this morning. anything going on down there?

>> reporter: we got a lot of vendors set up. you can see some of the tents. there will be bike maintenance and checks for folks who come here. i got to show you this bike. this is really cool. got its own carrying bin. separate wheel. innovative bike. we're expecting thousand of people to participate in today's bike to work. there's 30 or so pit stops around the region. i'm joined by rachel andrews. talk about what this event is about and how easy in our area it can be to bike to work? we got a lot of trails, a lot of dedicated lanes. our company has a whole wall full of bike maps and bus routes and stuff like that to make it a lot easier for people to get around by bike. put your bike on the bus and we can help everyone out with that

stuff. bike to work day is an awesome event. we're rewarding people who bike to work every day. we get a lot of people who sign on for this one event. they can come out here and talk to people about their bike and get a free food and t-shirt and nice way to celebrate bike to work day by commuting. as everyone who lives in this area it can be just awfully congested. that's the beauty of biking to work. you can save yourself a lot of headache. >> yes. i usually take metro to work. i live in arlington. couple of times i've had to drive up here around rush hour and it's awful. i don't know how people do it every day. biking to work is a great way to get your exercise in in the morning and evening, and definitely saves you a lot of stress. what we get from people who bike they are so happy to go to work because they get those endorphins pumping.

>> this pit stop will open up and thing will get under way. they will have music and food. big rally in d.c. at freedom pleasant. lots of events. be aware drivers lots of cyclists out on the roads. >> we could use a little endorphi endorphins. looks like we're having a great day for a bike ride. the sun is out. >> just cool enough. up need probably at least one layer. temperatures are in the low to mid-50s right now. be prepared to peel that layer off as the afternoon progresses. we'll get in the low to mid-80s and have quite a bit cloudiness throughout the day and cloudy tonight and near 60 tomorrow morning. cloudy over the weekend. might get some showers saturday evening. possibility of thunder both days. next week the weather settles down. dry out monday through thursday. >> take a live look. beltway inner loop we told you

about the report incident inner loop just after springfield. so maybe appears that it is already quite slow head in that direction. flyover ramp takes you to 95 south. little bit of a delay there coming in from the west certainly the sunshine will factor this morning. back to you. 6:23 is your time. 65 degrees. the high stakes heist where paintings worth more than $600 million were stolen. >> the second grader who had a surprise immigration question for the first lady now has a request for mrs. obama. >> state

some of the woorltd's -- world's greatest masterpieces may never be seen. a thief made off with five masterpieces. the art includes works by picasso and matisse. even worse reports the paintings were not insured. the department of homeland security will not pursue the family of a little girl who asked first lady michelle obama a tough question about immigration. the second grader asked the question on wednesday when the first lady visited her school in silver spring. the girl asked mrs. obama about her mother's papers. the girl said she was happy to meet the first lady but she does have one request. she would like to visit the white house. >> the white house party crashers are back in the

headlines this morning. the salahis were down near the white house this week on night of the most recent state dinner and they were stopped by the secret service. their limo was pulled over after going through a red light. the salahis said they were not heading to the white house. snaed meeting friends for dinner at a k street restaurant and called the traffic stop an unbelievable coincidence. what do you think, joe? >> unbelievable indeed. ahead in our next half hour a new budget for fairfax county schools are approved. cuts and fees you'll see. new rules for wall street. senate pass a financial reform bill. what the first paramedic on the seen told

worry on wall street. the dow sees its biggest slide in more than year but change is coming to wall street in the way of new regulations from capitol hill. backup plan. the emergency road repairs taking place this weekend on inner loop that could have you sitting in traffic for miles, if not minutes and hours. good morning and welcome back to "news4 today." i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. it's friday, may 21, 2010. it is gorgeous outside. 65 degrees. the sun is out at 6:30 a.m. a live look at the nation's capitol. boy, can't get better than that

on a friday morning. what a way to start a weekend. >> sun has been up for 40 minutes. up in partly cloudy skies. milky white clouds drifting over region. mid-50s in washington and nearby suburbs. and as well throughout much of southern maryland and northern neck and eastern shore although a few locations in virginia, rural areas north central virginia and shenandoah valley have dipped into the upper 40s. highs reaching the 80s today with those clouds in and out. looks like it will be mostly cloudy later on this afternoon and tonight. tomorrow cloudy and cooler. highs low 70s, possible afternoon showers and maybe some thunder saturday and into saturday evening and sunday. >> i-270 southbound, typically this type of the morning we're clogged up as you head south through germantown and montgomery village. not so much this morning.

little lighter than normal so far. lanes are open. northbound moving along very nicely. if you're headed for downtown, 395, landmark to shirlington to downtown no accidents to report, very minor delays right now. out on the rails, metro rail is doing fine. we do have one delay on vre, manassas lane train 324, some short term speed restrictions there across a couple of minutes. marc rail report nothing delays. the weekend cannot come fast enough for traders on wall street. you may want to sit down before looking at your 401(k) or stock portfolio this morning. the dow tumbled 346 points amid fears that europe's debt crisis could spread. that was the biggest point drop since february of last year. asian markets already have fallen to a five month low. the market instability comes as senate passed its version of a sweeping finance reform bill.

the biggest regulation overhaul since the great depression. lawmakers have to merge the senate version with the house version. 'line reyes joins us with more. >> easier said than done, the goal is to have a merged bill ready for the president to sign by july 4th. it is supposed to put a spotlight on the way wall street does business. now the bill imposes restraints on banks and would monitor risky financial deals pinpoint also crates a new consumer protection agency and demands proof that you can pay for your mortgage. it's supposed to stop taxpayer funded bailouts. critics say it isn't tough enough on complex financial deals or stop the bailouts of mortgage giants fannie mae and freddie mac. president obama praised the senate break through. >> i will ensure that we arrive at a final product that is effective and responsible. one that holds wall street to

high standards of accountability and secures financial stability while preserving the strength and crucial functions of a financial industry that is central to our prosperity and ability to innovate and compete in a global economy. >> there are two main amendments that have to worked out. one is whether car dealers who finance vehicles have to follow these new rules. also, the other would ban commercial banks from carrying speculative trades with its own money. have to wait and see. back to you. >> elaine, thank you. coming up at 6:48 we'll talk to cnbc about the market meltdown and whether wall street can rebound. today national intelligence director dennis blair will hand in his resignation amid some growing pressure from the white house. for the last 16 months he's overseen the nation's 16 intelligence agencies. during that time he has been plagued with security lapses and

spats with the cia. a recent congressional report also found that his office did not connect the so-called intelligence dots that could have prevent ad bombing attempt on a detroit-bound plane on christmas day. the conspiracy trial surrounding robert wone's murder continues this morning. thursday a judge heard from the first par immediate zwroik arrive at the scene. jeff baker said his radar went up when he got the dupont circle row house where wone was stabbed in 2006. he said the three men steamed disconnected. he said wone's stab wound had red marks that looked like it had been wiped with a towel. no one has been charged with the killing. the three men who lived in that home are all accused of misleading police in this case. police are hoping some new sketches will help them solve a murder case at a central mansion. 39-year-old jose rosales was working as a handyman on monday

when two intruders broke in. during the scuffle he was shot and killed. police now have sketches of the two suspects. police say one of the men, the suspected gunman is in his late 20s to mid-30s. they say he's called slim by the younger suspect who appears to be in his early 20s. anyone with information is asked to call the police. today an autopsy could determine what killed a woman whose body was found inside her d.c. apartment. this happened yesterday afternoon on 4th street in southeast washington. police believe the woman's body was there for three or four days. police were called to the scene after sources say the woman's mentally challenged son was seen jumping from a second floor window. find out who is charging $20 a ticket at the movies.

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right now, astronauts on the shuttle "atlantis" are about start the third and final spacewalk of their mission. two astronauts will finish installing new space station batteries. they will replace two old b

batteries. nasa has just two shuttle missions left. always amazing video from outer space. >> very cool. another mazing shot from nation's capital right here on the ground. beautiful look outside. 63 degrees. 6:39. we have a nice start to the weekend. meteorologist tom kierein will tell us more about the forecast. >> off to work and school on this friday morning under a partly cloudy sky. we're looking towards tysons corner in the distance, american university in the foreground, middle distance is the potomac river, the border between maryland and virginia. over the potomac light fog forming now. temperatures in the 50s around the region from the shenandoah valley to the atlantic beaches except a few isolated location. highs should make it in the low to mid-80s and we'll have

considerable cloudiness especially by this afternoon and overnight tonight. and by dawn saturday near 60. saturday looks like a cloudy day. afternoon highs cooler in the low 70s. we could get passing showers saturday afternoon. greater chance saturday evening. slight chance of some thunder. on sunday looking like a wet day now highs low to mid-70s. occasional showers throughout the day and possible thunder. finally, drying out, though, first part of next week, back to work and school on monday. in the 70s and it should be partly to mostly cloudy. a look into next week in ten minutes. how is the traffic? >> for the most part relatively quiet morning. beltway south of town, inner loop and outer loop as you travel between springfield and the interchange, over towards the wilson bridge near telegraph road doing okay. along the gw parkway no worries. we did have an accident at 7100 and roberts bairk. police remain on the scene. >> 6:41 is your time.

while you were sleeping fairfax county audiotape proved a new school budget. we'll run down the cuts and fees. a major traffic alert for this weekend. why the beltway will be reduced to one lane and the delays are expected to last for miles. we'll talk to cnbc about the market meltdown wlaen it can

we're following developing story out of prince william county. police are searching for a mother and child who may be in danger. they were last seen yesterday morning walking near their home in woodbridge. she was pushing her 2-year-old son in a stroller. the mother needs medicine for an illness so police think that she and her son maybe in jeopardy. if anyone sees her they should call prince william police. we have a major traffic alert. expect to see ten to 15 mile backups on the beltway this weekend. the inner loop will be reduced to a single lane west of

telegraph road. news 4 tracee wilkins joins us live on what this means for drivers. >> reporter: officials are saying 40% of the expected traffic goes ahead and avoid this area that you're still looking at sitting in backups for up to an hour and a half. that's a lot of backup. take a look over here. that's where the construction will be happening at the cameron run bridge. preparations are already under way to close the inner loop of the beltway down to a single lane in this area the weekend. drivers who have experienced the potholes on that 300-foot span over cameron run will understand why there needs to be a major overhaul in that area. they will completely tear out the old concrete at the cameron run bridge and replace it completely since patches haven't done the job. they are suggesting folks avoid this area and take the beltway to the american legion bridge. if you're driving in this area they have some detours set up for you. if you usually take the on-ramp

from telegraph to inner loop you're asked to use the eisenhower connector. all of this work is posed to start tonight. if we don't have any bad weather this weekend it should all be wrapped up by monday morning 5:00 a.m. should not impact any morning commute. i'm tracee wilkins, live this morning in alexandria, joe, back to you. it is also going to be a tough weekend for anyone who uses the chain bridge. the entire bridge will be shut down all weekend long. that begins at 9:00 tonight. crews have been working to restore the bridge for the past year now. this weekend they will remove the concrete barriers, repave the bridgedeck and restripe tolerance. all threes lanes will be all opened on monday morning. thousands of university of maryland students are graduating today and police want to make sure they celebrate safely. extra officers are patrolling the streets of college park. bars and restaurants have been asked to be extra responsible when it comes to serving alcohol. police say their efforts come

down to one thing, safety. we'll be working with the city of college park to ensure bars and restaurants are maintaining their codes and standards on alcohol distribution. we would like to ask patrons of the bars they drink responsibly and act responsibly if they make the decision to get behind the wheel. . campus wide commencement took place last night without incident. individual colleges hold their events today. thousands of montgomery county employees will be forced to take some time without pay. workers will have to take between three and eight days of unpaid time off. the county council say it will save the county about $14 million a year. montgomery teachers are not affected by this plan. more than 200 jobs in the fairfax county school system will be cut under a newly approved budget according to "the washington post" the school board approved a $2.2 billion budget for next year.

that is $35 million less than last year's and to make for you up that the school system will cut 200 position and start charging a fee for sports and events placement tests because of a boost in state aid the school will not have to cut full day kindergarten, elementary band lessons or foreign language immersion classes. those programs were originally on the chopping block. good news for those out of work. next week democratic lawmakers plan to extend jobless benefits. they will take up a bill. the bill will extend about 50 popular tax cuts that expired in january. investors on wall street or hoping for a rebound today after the dow had its worse day in more than a year. cnbc's courtney regan joins us now. >> reporter: good morning. we saw futures actually slightly higher this morning. unfortunately we lost some of that momentum.

that follows yesterday's big wave of selling. where we saw the dow, s&p and nasdaq have their biggest percentage drop. the dow fell 376 points to 10,068, the nasdaq dropped 94 points to 2204. stocks remain under pressure due to that european sovereign debt and uncertainty of china's growth. asian markets closed mixed and europe is trending lower. today we'll get tlab department's state breakdown of monthly unemployment dat skra. before bell retailer ann taylor will post her first quarter earnings. >> what about the financial reform bill? >> it was passed by the senate. passed yesterday on vote of 59-39. things looking up. it goes to the house. they have to reconcile the version. once those versions are reconciled it goes president obama's desk to be signs.

courtney regan. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> how much do you pay or would you be willing to pay when you go to the movies? how about $20? >> that is steep. you might have to if you want to see the new shrek movie. several theaters are charging $20 for an adult ticket to "shrek ever after." it's the first time a movie theater ticket hit the $20 mark. i guess that's okay for adults to pay if kids are a nickel. >> got to balance it out. >> i wonder what it is. . cost of popcorn and drinks. too much to go to movies dhas. >> you complain among yourselves and i'll accent the positive. we have a wonderful day under way at this hour. cool and dry. there's the live view from sky watcher camera looking forward the west, tysons corner, fairfax, arlington counties in

the detains. neighborhoods in northwest washington in the foreground including american university. right now 58 in washington at reagan national airport. down river from that scene in the background. jefferson memorial there. a comfortable morning with a light south southwesterly breeze. prince george's county in the mid-50s. arlington, montgomery fairfax in the low to mid-50s. dipped to the 40s in a few locations. rappahannock and madison, green and shenandoah valley and northern part of the valleys in the 50. central part where they have a clear sky, 40s. weather watchers check in. low to mid-50s by the eastern shore. west virginia dipped into the 40s. cool start there. view from space this recent satellite image showing high clouds streak over us at this time pap little bit of rain in the midwest. that will stay to our west for today. here's how things are looking for the bus stop this morning. a cool morning. some cloud in and out and stay

in the 50s for the next couple of hours. rapidly climb into the 70s by mid to late morning. during the afternoon we taught hit the low to mid-80s. cloudy by sunset at 8 lone 19. overnight tonight cloudy. 70s through the evening. tomorrow morning low 60s. cloudy start to saturday. saturday afternoon there's a chance of a passing shower, perhaps some thunder, cooler highs low 70s. might get a passing shower or thunder saturday night as well as off and on on sunday. then we dry out first part of next week, monday, tuesday and wednesday. looking dry and mild to warm with temperatures 234508 on tuesday and and wednesday thursday. ought to make it into 80s. and check out the latest weather any time. the weather channel on cable moup is the traffic? >> head out to trails and check things out. metro rail doing fine. marc rail okay. two delays manassas trains 324 and 326, little behind schedule

because of speed restrictions this morning. let's go up and about and see how we're doing. chopper 4 over the scene of this accident. fairfax county parkway northbound at roberts parkway, serious crash. the roadway was completely shut down for a while. looks like police are allowing some traffic to get by. again 7100 northbound will being backed up for a stretch. couple of extra minutes travel time. head on over and see how we're doing top side of the beltway. outer loop as you travel from college park passing new hampshire avenue head towards silver spring and bethesda all travel lanes are open fairly smooth sailing. an update on a story we've been telling you about a mother and son reported missing in prince william county. police have just told us they have now been found and they are fine. no word, those on where they were. you may notice extra bicycles out on the roadways

this morning. it's national bike to work day and thousands of people in the washington area are expected to take part. megan mcgrath in is bethesda now where there's a pit stop set up for bicyclists. good morning. all right. that was megan in downtown bethesda. it's national bike to work day. pit stops spread throughout the region where people can get refreshments. a great day to promote an active lifestyle and also to avoid those bad traffic problems out there. get on your bike you don't have to worry about the cars on the road. well in a different way you do have to worry about the cars on the road. >> our time to check the other top stories in the news. the white house is celebrating the passage of another piece of major legislation. i want overhauls the nation's financial regulations and aims to prevent a financial crises.

the senate bill must be reconciled with the house version of that bill. >> bp released more real-time video showing the oil leak in the gulf coast. the company says it's capturing 5,000 barrels of oil a day. the company is siphoning the oil from the bottom of the ocean but more continues to leak into the open ocean. >> the man who oversees 16 intelligence agencies is handing in his resignation. dennis blair stepping down amid pressure from the white house. during his 16 months in the position blair dealt with various security lapses and had some spats with the cia. track work will mean 30 minute delays on metro's green, orange and red lines. the nationals have home games today, tomorrow and sunday and the chili cookoff is tomorrow at rfk stadium. >> megan mcgrath has been

talking about those bikes. >> reporter: look at all the activity we have here now. lots of folks biking to work. we got a number of bike companies. they are helping people out in terms of check out their bikes. make being sure they are in good shape. a lot of folks bike to work every day but this is an added fun event for them. others are trying it for the very first time. you're in the former category. you bike to work every day. how far do you go? >> nine miles every day, the i don't do that i don't do anything else. it's my only exercise every day. >> how long does it take? how far is it for you sore it pretty easy >> it was hard when i sfartsd. but now pretty routine. it takes about a half hour. it's okay. i enjoy it. my days when i don't bike i'm very cranky. >> do you travel on the roads --

>> mainly the capital trail but i have to go down river road and a bit in georgetown. we got quite a crowd, hoping they will get over 8,000 people participating in this year's event. >> that is "news4 today." thank you for starting your day with us. >> "the today show" is next. high pressure have a great day and fantastic weekend. join us on morngd. we start bright and early at 4:30 a.m. >> bye. [ wind whistling ] ♪ ♪ let the sun shine [ male announcer ] open yourself up to a whole new driving experience. introducing a mercedes-benz convertible that controls the wind and keeps you comfortable in any season. the e-cabriolet, newest member of the amazing e-class family. ♪ see it in "sex and the city 2," in theaters may 27th. ♪